polytaenia, Diagramma Bleeker [P.] 1853:755 [Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 3 (no. 5); ref. 335] Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Holotype (unique): whereabouts unknown. Bleeker specimens: BMNH 1880.4.21.47-48 (2). Original as polijtaenia. •Valid as Plectorhinchus polytaenia (Bleeker 1853) -- (Mohsin & Ambak 1996:356 [ref. 27969], Allen 1997:128 [ref. 23977], Johnson in Randall & Lim 2000:619 [ref. 25122], Hutchins 2001:34 [ref. 25847], Peristiwady et al. in Kimura & Matsuura 2003:98 [ref. 27510], Larson et al.2013:138 [ref. 32988]). •Valid as Plectorinchus polytaenia (Bleeker 1853) -- (Allen & Swainston 1988:82 [ref. 25477], Kuiter 1997:180 [ref. 25488], Randall & Johnson 2000:480 [ref. 25807], Allen 2000:103 [ref. 25868], Iwatsuki et al. 2000:101 [ref. 26368], Hutchins 2001:263 [ref. 25841], McKay 2001:2980 [ref. 26103], Allen & Adrim 2003:40 [ref. 26830], Manilo & Bogorodsky 2003:S109 [ref. 27377], Allen et al. 2006:1222 [ref. 29090], Allen & Erdmann 2012:477 [ref. 31980], Johnson & Worthington Wilmer 2015:518 [ref. 33883], Koeda & Ho 2018:245 [ref. 36176], Fricke et al. 2019:164 [ref. 36673], Parenti 2019:183 [ref. 37021], Gloerfelt-Tarp & Kailola 2022:207 [ref. 41223], Heemstra 2022:275 [ref. 39773], Damadi et al. 2023:142 [ref. 40426], Allen & Erdmann 2024:505 [ref. 40796]). Current status: Valid as Plectorhinchus polytaenia (Bleeker 1853). Haemulidae: Plectorhinchinae. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: west coast of India; Malaysia and Indonesia east to Philippines, New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) and Solomon Islands, north to Taiwan, south to northern Western Australia. Habitat: marine.